Fine Friday IV: Elevators.

Today's post revolves around elevators.  Some elevators are truly a dream.  For example: glass elevators in an atrium.  But then you run into elevators in parking garages, old buildings, and the worst: dorms.  Another problem I have with elevators is speed.  Luckily the ones in my dorm (27 stories) are pretty fast.  Usually the worst offenders are parking garages.  Usually if my climb is less than 5 stories, I'll just take the stairs.  Sometimes that isn't possible though (see this post).  But sometimes you step into an elevator, and it smells nice, everything is clean, and the light music puts you in a generally cheery mood.

Emergency Exit only stairs.

I've run into this one at a couple of different places.  The other day, I decided to walk down the 26 flights of stairs in my dorm building instead of taking the elevator.  When I finally got to the bottom, what did I find?  A big red door with the words "Emergency Exit Only: Alarm will sound!", and a big vandal proof security camera facing the door.  I had to walk up 5 flights to the first guy floor to leave the staircase and take the elevator down to floor 1. Want an even worse example?  The Disneyland Hotel has a staircase that locks as soon as the door closes.  Walk into the stairs by accident?  You need to walk all the way down and take the elevator back up.  I get security issues, but some of these are ridiculous.  Just let me walk down the stairs.